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According to sources in a bid to monitor and encourage cities to improve urban sanitation, Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has conducted the Swachh Survekshan 2018, in which Hyderabad slipped five places to 27th rank, as against 22nd rank in the 2017 rankings. Meanwhile although the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) undertook various cleanliness drives and initiatives, Hyderabad's position has slipped this year.

The people in Kerela are gripped with over 100 deaths being reported since January in Kerala due to various types of fevers including dengue, H1N1, leptospirosis.This made the people give a mass sanitation appeal to the Government . Breeding of mosquitoes due to the uncollected waste is the main reason behind this spread of fever

Infosys Foundation in association with Akanksha, the CSR arm of Infosys Bhubaneswar, today announced the successful completion of construction of 346 toilets in 106 schools of Odisha, as part of its endeavor to support the Prime Minister's 'Swachh Bharat Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan' mission in two phases.